Post #355220

@kinosian@mastodon.sdf.org @erikMondrian@fosstodon.org First of all, you assume I came to #SecondLife knowing these things. I had been in virtual worlds before but the rules of existence were completely different. My first thought was "why the hell are we passed so many damn notecards?" There were no mentors or anyone greeting me at my landing infohub in the Snowlands. The Help Island had no one to help me because the mentors were too busy socializing with others. I put a box on my arm. They did nothing to explain anything. This was 2008 when there was less to learn for avatars. Supposedly. Also less to offer males, so maybe that's also why mentors didn't help. Nobody explained how you can't take some things off from your body, only replace them. Sculpts were brand new at the time & they hadn't yet permeated fashion. A mentor finally broke off from gesture spamming long enough to tell me to check out Vienna Freebies where I put blue furry fox parts on me. At least I didn't have those sucky clothes offered males on Help Islands. Also I didn't wear freakin' blocky shoes. To give ANYONE a concept of #SecondLife from the outside I link them some World Makers videos by Draxtor Despres. Then they see the difference between SL & videogames. Because guess what? Nothing changes at infohubs. It's still about excessive gestures, predatory people trying to bite or recruit or scam them, & attachment competitions. Now if you have something different going in the new meshy Linden Homes orientation regions then I'm sure there's enough information w/videos showing layering & common sense. If not then why not? Torley's videos were gold when I arrived. They're still on YouTube & most are still applicable. Nobody told me to click & drag folders to change my look. Tindy taught me about linking instead of copying components. TBH what I see around SL of those who have been here for years I don't think the newcomer learning curve is so far behind. In the end it's learning by doing & word of mouth.